Donkeys Adopted In December 2005

Margo and Millie were adopted by the Jim Woods family from Grand Rapids, MI! They are shown here at their new home with the Katie (on the left) and Sarah Woods!

Below is a letter we received from the girls on January 23, 2006:

Thanks Katie and Sarah! we love hearing news about our TPDR Donkeys!

Sharon,

Katie and I just wanted to send you some recent pictures of the girls along with their new pasture buddies, Libby, Ace, Miki, and Destiny (from left to right in the last picture).

The girls are doing well. Millie has been awesome for everything we've done with her. About a week ago she even had her first "rider," one of the little girls that normally rides my pony, Destiny. We just lead her around while Monica rode for about 5 minutes. Its so funny just to watch her too, she's so much smaller than the horses but she doesn't seem to notice, she runs and plays with the horses all the time (Margo following close behind) ... occasionally she even chases a couple of them.

Margo is good too. She's a little slower than Millie but she's getting there. She trusts Katie and I as much as Millie does but she's still a little more timid around! d new people, unless they come with treats, and she isn't quite as brave with the horses. She's getting good about handling too. I can bring her in the barn alone and brush her and she will go for little walks away from Millie as long as we go her pace, which is pretty slow.

They've been so much fun, we love going down to the barn for the night feeding because they both start calling the second they see us. You were right about the neighbors too, they love them. The donkeys have had more visitors in a month than the horses have in a year.

We'll keep you posted on how the girls are doing but I think you should know... my dad still talks about Clyde. We're talking about moving for more land and he says if that happens we'll have to go back for another donkey and he's hoping Clyde's still available.

Sarah and Katie